Ultimate Coffee Smoothie and a guide

I have joined the smoothie craze this summer. I got a personal blender on my birthday in May and I have been drinking these down like there is no tomorrow. In fact on very hot summer evenings a well balanced smoothie is my dinner. There are many blogs out there with smoothie tutorials this summer. Well here is mine with a few twists that I have learned.

I have included 8 smoothie recipes below that cover a wide variety of tastes, exotic included. Try them and then go wild and change them up to suit your tastes. It’s all about experimenting. My favorite is the one I drink now every Saturday and Sunday morning, my Ultimate Coffee Smoothie. But first let’s look at my tried and true smoothie advice list.

I have learned that how you layer your ingredients in the personal blender can be quite important. This is for the kind of blender where the cover has the blades (on top): ice first, then greens, followed by fruits, and finally powders or optional ingredients (see below). Top with milk or liquid of choice. You want the smoothest ingredients near the blade and the hardest the furthest away, this is the best way to avoid the machine jamming up on you.

Close the lid of the blender tight, flip over and shake a bit to get the liquid down. Blend until perfect consistency is achieved. Depending on your combination you may find you need to add liquid while blending it if the consistency is too thick.

I have tried many coffee smoothie recipes and was left disinterested. Coffee and milk watered the whole thing down. Now I make a small pot of strong coffee ahead of time and freeze coffee ice cubes. I found I get the most coffee flavor this way.

18 comments to Ultimate Coffee Smoothie and a guide

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[…] I actually prefer a slightly more robust coffee so I upped the amount of coffee per cup of water and was satisfied with the results. I definitely preferred grinding my whole beans as I found I got more flavor out of the beans too. And I loved making ice cubes out of it for my Ultimate Coffee Smoothie. […]

I have to make this coffee smoothies! Great idea, and perfect for morning smoothies. I should get started on brewing coffee now so that I will have coffee ice cubes by tomorrow morning. 😀 Gotta be so good!

Bobby and I have been drinking lots of smoothies this summer, more than usual so I’m thrilled to have more ideas! The ultimate coffee smoothie is my favorite and sounds like a good one for tomorrow morning (since I have all of the ingredients :)). So many choices!